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Re: church race rules

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 3:35 am
by Speedster
"Wheels directly across from each other"
The Mid America has added that rule and they put it in RED.

The story I hear is there was a "World Record or World's Fastest car race," yada, yada, where this young man dressed in a scout uniform had a car where one of the front wheels was moved back in front of a rear wheel. He won the race. The man telling me this did not have a picture of the car. I think this is what caused The Mid America to add it to their rules. But then again, I could be wrong.

Re: church race rules

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:41 am
by davet
Speedster wrote:
The story I hear is there was a "World Record or World's Fastest car race," yada, yada, where this young man dressed in a scout uniform had a car where one of the front wheels was moved back in front of a rear wheel. He won the race. The man telling me this did not have a picture of the car. I think this is what caused The Mid America to add it to their rules. But then again, I could be wrong.
I was picturing some funky layout like that with no way of guiding the front on the center divider. Maybe if we keep the 4" WB rule that will be enough to guide the front.

Re: church race rules

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2017 7:48 am
by Vitamin K
That car in question was sporting a guide pin in front, FWIW.

Re: church race rules

Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:41 am
by Speedster
VK That info is worth a lot. That explains why Mid America rules say, "No Guide Pins".

Re: church race rules

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:36 pm
by Darin McGrew
That's a clever design. Moving a front wheel to the rear helps shift the COG back.